Book
The greatness that was Babylon: a survey of the ancient civilization of the Tigris-Euphrates Valley
Sidgwick and Jackson • London • Published In 1988 • Pages: xxii, 487
By: Saggs, H. W. F..
Abstract
This comprehensive and topically-organized work covers the history (using the middle chronology) and culture of Mesopotamia, including the Sumerians, Assyrians, and Babylonians. There is particular concentration on marriage, gender, family, law, trade and commerce, religion and magic, astronomy, and mathematics, much of it Sumerian in origin.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Linguist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2018
- Field Date
- not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 2900–539 BC
- Coverage Place
- southern Iraq
- Notes
- H. W. F. Saggs
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-475) and indexes
- LCCN
- 90195925
- LCSH
- Babylonia--History